On Friday, 18 October, Minster of Finance Jānis Reirs met with Swedbank Group Chairman of the Council, Göran Persson, and newly appointed President/CEO, Jens Henrihsson, during a working visit to Washington, D.C., to discuss the bank's long-term strategic vision for the Baltic market. During the visit, several important meetings were also held with representatives of the US Treasury, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to present in detail the implementation of the financial sector control reform in Latvia.

The Ministry of Finance of Latvia welcomed representatives of the Central Harmonization Unit and public internal auditors from the Republic of Moldova for the Study Visit within the project “Further Development of Effective Internal Control Systems and Internal Audit in the Republic of Moldova”. Study visit to Latvia is organized for five working days (October 14 -18, 2019).

The Ministry of Finance of Moldova welcomed public internal auditors of the Ministry of Finance of Latvia on 30^th September for the second mission that will last until 11^th October, 2019 within the project “Further Development of Effective Internal Control Systems and Internal Audit in the Republic of Moldova”.

On Monday, February 4, Japanese credit rating agency R&I reaffirmed its “A-” foreign currency issuer rating on the Republic of Latvia. The outlook remains stable.